R.

ANNALETCHUMY
S.THARANI
D.SHANMUGAVALLI
INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU
KAMPUS SULTAN ABDUL HALIM
Adverbs are also called modifiers. They provide added
information to verbs, adjectives and even adverbs in a
sentence.

Jason is walking quickly to the field. (walking how quickly)
verb adverb

Tina is waving excitedly to her friends.
(waving..how excitedly)
verb adverb

He shouted quite angrily at the girls. (shouted howquite angrily )
verb adverb adverb


Edwin writes too slowly. (writes howtoo slowly)
verb adverb adverb


The story was very interesting. (Howvery interesting)
adverb adjective


Mr.Ajith was most helpful to us. (Howmost helpful)
adverb adjective

Type of Adverbs
1. An Adverb of Manner tells you the way something happens. It answers
the questions How.

Examples:



*cleverly * rudely * politely

* shyly * happily * hardly

2. An Adverb of Place tells you the place something happens. It answers the
questions Where

Examples :

*up * there *everywhere

* down * somewhere *nearby

3. An Adverb of Time tells you the time something happens. It answers the
questions When
Examples:





*now * immediately * before

* later * soon * after
4. An Adverb of Frequency tells you the rate at which something happens.
It answers the questions How often
Examples:






*seldom * always * daily * rarely

* often * never * weekly * sometimes
4. An Adverb of Degree ,like an adjective , tells you to what extent something
happens
There are three degrees of comparison:
Positive Comparative Superlative
politely More politely Most politely
quiet More quiet Most quiet
carefully More carefully Most carefully
Angrily More angrily

Most angrily
foolishly More foolishly Most foolishly
Long longer longest
Badly worse worst
Well better best
Soon sooner soonest
Note : The is not used when most is followed only by an adverb.

Form adverb from the following nouns and adjectives.
WORD ADVERB
Attentive
Busy
Pretty
Terrible
Original
Hurry
noisy
Surprise
Severe
considerable
Joy
Miracle
ready